The semi-weekly fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-09-20

attention to the "School Notice
given over the signature of w. d..
-'ruden, Esq, and others of our most
respected citizens, to be found in Oul
columns. In addition to the Grades
,chool, which is most admirably
, suited to the needs of all, even the
smaller children, we are to have in
Edenton a school of high grade.
! higher than that of the Graded school.
in which our young men can be pre-
pared for the Colleges of the country
and trained for the business activities
Of life This is as it should be, and
as it ought to have been, in all the
years Of the past, when our people
were driven to send their young men
from home because of absence OF
schools of suitable grade in our mids:.
The Horners, Binghams, Kellogs and
others, teachers of schools of high
grade, were patronized by our people
at cost, though small comparatively,
yet greatly in excess of the tuition o.
such schools as theirs, had they
existed at home, and to which. now.
our people are not warranted in sub.
jecting themselves. In addition to
considerations Of economy there is
another advantage in having schools
at home. existing in the essential
benefits to be derived from the re-
straining influence fthe home circle.
1t will not do to turn boys loose too
early. However good and Christian
their parents might have been or may
be, and however thoroughly taught
they may have been, during infancy,
inthe Church and Sunday School
however we'll they may be able to
recite the Creed, the Commandments
the Lords Prayer. etc, yet, when
away from home, amid new surround
ings and under other influences, they
soon forget the obedience of home
rule, they soon cast off old restraints
and fall in the line which to them
seems popular and which appears to
be persued by many called the best
at home and who rank first in the
class at school. They soon fall in
ranks like trained soldiers, and march
in the ways forbidden, with steady
step, unmindful of the consequences
either present or remote. Following
the customs, habits, practices, popu-
larily established, they come home,
after three or four years of time spent
as well as considerable money, with
a head full of Latin, Greek, etc., and
a heart sofull of vice as to require the
special services of personal chap
lain or the exercising influence of an
uninterrupted prayer.meeting, for no
inconsiderable time, ere you can
determine which would be the more
proitable-hope for the better, or.
insure their lives and prepare for an
early funeral.
Keep the boys at home. as long as
possible, keep them at home until
they are men, trained for the Colleges
and Universities, until their habits
are so nearly formed as to make them
less susceptible of evil influences, less
liable to be lead astray, and until
they are better prepared to resist evil
and acquire knowledge. Then their
opportunities at college will be proita-
bly, improved. their time judiciously
and their money properly
and advantageously spent making
them fit members of society. fit sub
jects for continued promotion and
happy instruments, in the hands of
God. for His glory and. perhaps, the
worlds good. Again we say, in every
case where it is possible and where
good schools are to be had, keep your
boys at home.